A/N: HEY Everyone!
Long time no see, neh?
Gomen about that-- I really am trying to get my updates back to pace but... well, it's not working too well.
I can't feel too bad about it at the moment though, cause I'm just in too much of a good mood to feel bad about it, so... maybe a little bit later, neh?
Anyway, I'm really excited cause one of my stories won an award last month, and now another one just got nominated for IYFG. Lol, I don't actually know all that much about awards, but everyone seems to make a big deal over that one in the IY category, so I assume it must be pretty good. Not that I'm bragging (HELL NO! ) but I'm excited, and it is fanfiction related, and nothing has happened really in my life since I've been so backlogged with homework and shit that I feel bothered to tell you, so... Lol, okay, anyway...
I've been neglecting you guys long enough, and now I'm finally back and I'm rambling on about stuff that really doesn't have any impact on you at all. Typical.
-Punk Rock Miko2 - Glad to hear you still think so... even after 70 chapters (woosh, this story's longer than I thought!).
-Bluer Sky - O-oh. Lol, okay, I'm with you now. Well, as much as I ever am. Yeah, I suppose I do make kinda difficult names to remember, don't I? I mean, I don't ever forget them, but when you spend a couple hours staring at Japanese words and trying to think up a good combination to make a name, it's really hard to forget what you come up with. Lol, plus, if I ever did forget, that would be a bit of a hindrance in the story, neh? Lol. -- Yeah... I suppose I am the metaphorical man of the metaphorical house in my metaphorical mind. No wait! That's not right... my mind's not metaphorical! At least, I hope it isn't... Lol. This conversations reminding me of a joke I once heard, I think it went something like: On the night of their wedding, a newly married couple were up in their hotel room, just getting ready for bed, when the husband suddenly picked up his pants and threw them at his wife, telling her to put them on, but the pants were so big she could almost fit both of her legs in one of his. Finally giving up, his wife took them off and handed them back to him. "I can't wear these pants!" She exclaimed. "Exactly." He replied. "And as long as we're married, I'm the one whose going to be wearing the pants around here." His wife stared at him a moment, before going over, picking up her panties, and throwing them at him, telling him to put them on. The husband attempted to get them on, but could only get them about half-way up his leg before he had to stop. "I can't get into your panties!" I finally said, giving them back to her. "Exactly." The wife returned. "And that's the way it's gonna stay until you change your attitude." -- Lol, okay, I think I might have screwed up somewhere in there, but it's the same basic principal so... I don't know if you'll find it funny, but it made me laugh, so...
-Inume-Blue - Lol, I'm glad you like it! It's too bad Alice Cooper wasn't right... School isn't out forever. sighs...
-Almandine-Azaleea - Really? I thought I might have rushed it a bit. But, if you like it, then that's all I was setting out to accomplish, so it couldn't have come out as bad as I thought. Lol, still, I'm glad you liked my use of words in it. English is one of the biggest languages in the world (our fcucking huge dictionaries are proof enough of that) so we should take as much advantage of the words as we possibly can in our writing, neh?
-wolfygirl13 - Oh good! It's great to see you again! I'm glad you were brought back to life, although reincarnation can be quite annoying sometimes, can't it? Hm. So you think Sess's mom was a cat then? Hm. I suppose it kinda makes sense... Wait, does that mean he can transform into a gigantic terrifying cat demon too? eyes Sesshomaru for a moment Hm. Well, I guess it's a good thing he's got your ears to distract him, neh? And I'm glad you've finally discovered them, btw. Oh, hi again Kirara. Sounds like Miroku's gone completely insane, neh? Still, I suppose that was a good idea with the mirrors and all that shit... And it sounds like Kagome is in need of a serious cut-back on the caffeine. When she was demanding more coffee, did anything think to keep her satiated by giving her decafe? Lol. But then again, that might not have worked. -- Woosh. Well, I'm glad Kouga finally gave up on Kagome, but c'mon, KAGURA? Woosh! I mean, first of all, everyone thinks she's supposed to end up with Sesshomaru (which, if he decides that she should, your life is in serious danger), and secondly, what the hell about Ayame you stupid wolf? Honestly! Man! Lol, well, I have no idea what Shippo said either, although I probably could figure it out generally, but I don't know if that would be a good idea. So far it seems the less I know about the choc factory, the better off I'll be. Lol, hopefully the Naraku hunt goes well, even if Sess is afraid of the incinerator. Tell woflygirl13 I said hi when she decides to wake up, and that the next chapter is up.
da-1-who-will-love-inuyasha-4-eva - Lol, well I'm glad you're happy with your name. It can be quite the pain in the ass to come up with a name for yourself sometimes, neh? -- Lol, so I'll take that as one more vote toward Sess and Amaya. Hm. Well, I guess we'll just have to see what I can't come up with, neh? Although, that doesn't necessarily mean I'll put them together, but...
-RamblingPhilosopher - Lol, graduation is still a bit a ways away for me, and I'm not entirely certain if this was a final I just took, but it was still one of those tests that have a big impact on your final grade, so... I think I did good though. Hopefully you're pulling through them as well, neh? Tests are always such a big pain in the ass! -- Yep, we've finally gotten to Kashikari's barrier. Shouldn't take too much longer now before we actually meet the guy. Man, he's slippery-- keeps avoiding my muses and won't let them write about him! Lol, yeah, I guess Gouka really doesn't know all that much about barriers. But then again, he is a demon that spends quite of bit of time in his animal form (if he even has a humanoid form) so, really, can you expect him to know much?
-Clouds of the Sky - Lol, cool! I don't have it. I haven't heard enough songs to know if I'd like it enough to buy it-- only heard "Bring me to Life" "lies" "My Immortal" "Haunted"( -- That is what it's called, right?") Some song I can't remember the name of, and another song I don't think is on there called October or something, so... -- Lol, I never really thought about it, but I guess I do get a lot of reviews. Lol, I'm usually spending too much time responding to them to notice. But no, I don't get 100 reviews per chapter. If I did, then I'd currently be somewhere around the 7 thousand, and I haven't quite reached that yet. Lol, I guess that means I'll just have to work harder, neh?
-Moonglow Gal - lol, no, I haven't heard that a million times, but I am aware of it. Sometimes I forget though, or sometimes I'm just in a particularly defiant mood and I type out I want to change the world instead. Oh yeah, I'm a real daredevil. Lol. Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying it still! Kashikari in Kagome's time? Woah! I never thought of that! But I suppose it could happen... after all, he's who knows how old already, so why not add a couple hundred more years onto him? Lol. -- Eep! I don't wanna die by ostrich attack! Maybe if they were emus I wouldn't mind, but not ostriches! looks around fearfully what a time to run out of giant flightless bird repellent...
-Lady-Sttar - Mm. You do have a point with that. But then again, Kagome had just been under the influence of Amaya's healing powers, and had been unconscious for who knows how long when she and Inuyasha first met again, and when she went to hold the cup she had been through a lot more exertion, so maybe that could explain it... Still, you've got a very good point. -- Yeah, Inuyasha should share with Kagome sometime I imagine... during a lemon? Hm... Y'know what, I might actually do something like that... Lol, you've given me an idea and I think I might actually be able to integrate it into the story. Arigato!
-sourapple10000 - Yeah, what should Kashikari be like? Seems to be a question floating around through everyone's mind... will he be like Sesshomaru? Or maybe a different sort of personality entirely? Mm... so many possibilities!
-Kuroi - Lol, Yeah, for the life of me I couldn't find that review! (And believe me I looked!). And I really gotta say, it's no contest. Godzilla's a slow lumbering dragon thingy, and Inuyasha's dealt with and defeated fast, intelligent dragon thingy's before, so there's no way he'd loose to him. -- Lol, well thanks for answering at least! And as much as I appreciate it, I'm not the Inuyasha deprived fan... I am lucky enough to still have it playing down where I live. It's another unfortunate reviewer that has had the misfortune of it going off air, and her and her little brother have been living without it since I think sometime in midwinter...
-AnimeMscInuKagLuver1425 - lol, wow, two-days huh? Woosh! Well, hopefully you got enough food/sleep in that time... I have been known to indirectly cause people to have small bouts of starvation and/or insomnia, so... -- Gomen about the talking thing. I'm assuming you mean that I use ' instead of ", in which case you're not the only one to complain. As I explained to everyone else, I've always considered " to mean you're quoting someone. So, since my people aren't quoting people when they talk, I use ' instead. I've seen it done in more than a few books before, too. However, this isn't a book, it's Fanfiction, so I can imagine that it's more than a little confusing when I do it, so gomen again for that. -- Lol, yeah, I was looking for a name that a kind of dark meaning behind it or something, but not necessarily evil to suite her, and Amaya (which means night rain) seemed like a good choice. I realised only later that it's a name that a LOT of people use for their OC's, which kinda annoyed me cause I lost that edge of originality, but, whatcha gonna do about it, neh? Still glad I used it though, cause I stll think it's one of the most suitable names for her. -- Lol, by all means use CMoC! Most people have a music thing at the top talking about what sort of music they think should be listened to with the chapter, but I just put up what music I actually did listen to while writing out the chapter. Or at least my responses to the chapter. So, technically, it's not really my idea entirely. But even if it was, I wouldn't deny a fellow music lover from using it too! Some of the other reviewers have already caught on and are using it as well, so I don't mind anyway. -- Lol, I've never read your stories, but maybe I will when I get a break. I'm currently really backlogged in every department, but that one especially. I've got around five stories people have requested me to just take a look at (not beta-- I don't do that, as people should be able to tell by the poor betaing job done in my own stories ) plus just reading in general. Between updates and everything else, I don't have a lot of time to just read anymore. : ( -- Lol, don't worry about rambling on about your stories. Ramble all you like! I don't mind. But you should know-- chances are, the more you ramble, the more I will. And don't worry about being crazy. Everybody is. And the one's who claim otherwise are just in denial. -- Lol, yeah... the plot line... my own little bit of insanity written down on paper for everyone else to view. Lol. Yeah, I've read stories like that a few times, and I'll sit there and I'll just be... "What the hell happened... this had so much potential... why did the author decide there was no longer any point in keeping us entertained or interested?" Lol. I'm glad you like the length of the story (even if the chapters are short). Quite honestly, if you told me way abck around chapter 30 that this was gonna be more than 70 chapters long, I probably would've laughed in your face and said something along the lines of "yeah, right... when the stars shine green in a yellow sky!" And now that I'm actually here, I'm looking back along the long chapter list and wondering where the hell I found the time/ability to write all these chapters. Random Things: If the stuff you're drinking taste funny, stop drinking it. I have a friend named Rachel, but I don't know who you're Austin and Rachel are. Chocolate is good. Very good. But only milk chocolate. Dark chocolate's too rich, and white chocolate just taste funny. My neck hurts a little bit. I HATE KIKYO TOO! With a capital H-A-T-E-She-should-go-and-burn-in-fucking-hell! My whole family is crazy too. Luckily enough, my own psychosis helps to hide this fact from my friends. I hope you enjoy my other stories if you read them. There's something in my eye that's making it water. French Fries are good. I don't like reading Inu/Kag stories, but for some reason I've written a few of them. I fell down the stairs the other day. It hurt. Sugar is good for you. So is salt. You can die if you don't eat enough salt. There was a big salt crises a long time ago when everyone stopped eating salt, and people started dying and no one knew why. So basically, it's potentially life-threatening every time you sneeze? It's impossible to lick your elbow. If try and suppress a sneeze, you can pop the blood vessels in your head (not a good thing). If you keep them open long enough, your eyes can fall out of your head. Lol, think I've rambled on enough? -- I think I've only heard maybe four of the songs on your list "Come", "Right here" "lies" and "every heart" -- THough I haven't heard the english version.
-lunerfox - Lol, don't worry, I haven't updated in a long time! We're even! -- I don't know. I've always kinda thought that, if something in the past happens, it was supposed to happen and already would have had it's effect on the future beforehand, so essentially nothing would really be changed. Okay, did that make any sense, cause I just gave myself a headache...
Breaking and Entering
Kagome looked around her, amazed, as her eyes took in sights she had never thought she'd see again-- as she listened to the birds calling back to one another, and smelled the familiar air that had never before seemed fresh after she had begun crossing to the feudal era-- always tinged with exhaust and smoke and so many other things.
Compared to the miasma swarmed air that made up the past now, this smelled like the freshest air in the world.
Inuyasha frowned slightly and watched as her wide eyes stared around her in amazement.
'What the hell are you so worked up about?' He asked, drawing her eyes back to him.
She returned his mouth's scowl.
'I just... didn't think I'd ever see this place again.'
Inuyasha's eyebrows rose as he looked around him. 'We haven't even left the well yet.' He said slowly.
Kagome only shrugged.
'Doesn't matter. I still never expected to see this place again. Even if I ever made it back to the well again, I didn't think it would let me through.'
Inuyasha's eyebrows rose slightly at this, but he didn't comment, understanding what she had meant.
Shifting her around slightly so that he could hold onto her tightly, he lowered into a crouch, and then sprang up out and over the edge of the well to come and land on the other side.
'Here.' He said, setting her down slowly. She stood for a moment, getting used to the feel of her legs again, before, offering him a small smile, she turned and made her way over to the door with the full intention of sliding it open.
Only it wouldn't budge.
Kagome frowned and gave it another rough jerk.
Nope, it definitely wasn't going anywhere.
She heard Inuyasha come up behind her, and she turned around toward him, her eyes slightly wide with worry and frustration. 'It won't open!' She said, gesturing over a the door. 'They must have sealed it off again!'
'What, with more of your "ofuda?"' He asked, moving around her. 'Shouldn't you be able to break those?'
Kagome shook her head. "Of course I'd be able to break those! I don't think they have any real spiritual powers anyway... I mean, I think they sealed the door shut-- with nails or something like that.'
Inuyasha frowned. 'Why the hell would they do that?' He asked, sniffing at the door, his eras perking forward slightly.
'Because they didn't think I was coming back... They didn't want anyone to disturb me...' She thought, afraid to say it out loud. 'They thought that this would be my grave...'
Inuyasha pulled back slightly, and put his hand on the door, giving it a rough yank.
Wood cracked angrily in protest, and splinters started to crease along the frame as the door worked hard to keep itself together.
Inuyasha gave it a warning growl, and then yanked hard.
Maybe a little too hard.
The already loosened nails shot out of their little burrows in the wood, sending large cracks down through it as dust and slivers flew everywhere and the door went flying off to crash against it's other end-- very nearly flying off of it's frame in the process.
The hanyou and ningen stood there a moment, just staring at it with wide eyes, before Inuyasha gave a shrug, clearly unconcerned that he had very nearly pulled their shrine door from it's hinges, and moving to step out into the yard.
'You coming or what?' He called back to her.
Kagome stared dumbly at the door for a moment, before moving to follow after the hanyou.
'You didn't have to use so much force you know...' She said slowly. Inuyasha just "Keh'd" and crossed his arms in front of him as they made their way up to the house.
Behind them the door gave a final weak creak, before shattering to the ground in a pile of wood and splinters.
Kagome winced at the sound, but chose to ignore it as Inuyasha came up to the door, his hand reaching out to slide it open.
It didn't move either.
He sighed and glared at it.
Kagome, not wanting the door of their house to befall the same fate, quickly grabbed hold of his arm and yanked him away from the door, making him grumble and complain loudly as she all but yanked him back along the path to try and find a way in.
Finally her eyes fell upon her bedroom window.
'That's never locked!'
That in mind, she gave Inuyasha's shoulders a hard shove in an attempt to get him to crouch down. Needless to say, it had very little effect save to unbalance him slightly and make him glare at her.
'What the hell is your problem?' He demanded angrily, brushing her hands off.
She huffed and put her hands on her hips.
'We need to get into my house.' She said agitatedly. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.
'Yeah, so?' He questioned.
Kagome barely resisted the urge to roll her eyes. 'So, I think she should be able to get in through my window.' She said, as though that was supposed to explain everything. Judging by the expression on Inuyasha's face, it didn't.
'I need you to carry me up there!' She finally huffed out. Inuyasha stared at her a moment, and then glared.
'Well why the hell didn't you just say that, instead of trying to dislocate my shoulders!' He snapped at her, turning so his back was to her, and beginning to crouch down.
'Well, I could've made it easier on myself and just said sit!' She shot back, unwittingly using the word that would activate the rosary.
A loud yelp, a thunderous crash, bits of sidewalk flying as the hanyou broke through the earth and random curses shouted at the top of his lungs... that's what Kagome had expected to happen.
Only it didn't.
Instead, Inuyasha remained where he was, halfway down to one knee, his entire body tensed up, waiting...
When nothing happened for a good five minutes, he slowly rose and turned back to look at her, frowning and reaching down to touch the beads around his neck.
'What... happened?' Kagome asked, her voice a soft, stunned whisper.
Inuyasha shook his head. 'I dunno...' He said. He brought his other hand up to grasp the rosary and attempted to lift it about his head.
Only it wouldn't go.
As usual, it repelled him just before it got much further up than his nose, and he couldn't take it off.
The beads were humming faintly, and a light pink glow was coming from them... other than that, they seemed to be completely normal.
Inuyasha looked up at her, his expression one of confusion and concentration. 'Say it again.' He said.
Kagome frowned.
'Sit?' She said slowly, softly.
The beads rattled against one another, but made no move to drag him down to get up close and personal with the ground.
Inuyasha looked back down at them, his eyes wide. Kagome looked slightly worried.
'Why... don't they work?' She asked softly.
Inuyasha just shook his head.
There was another long moment of silence, before Inuyasha turned back around and crouched down again.
Wordlessly, Kagome moved to grab onto his shoulders, wrapping her legs around his waist.
In an instant he was up, moving to leap up toward the roof of her house, just above her window, sliding the glass open with ease and allowing them to enter into her room.
She barely noticed.
She was too stunned at what had just happened.
The beads... they hadn't worked...
Did that mean...
Was her connection with Inuyasha broken?
But no... the rosary hadn't removed itself... it was still there...
So why then...
What was happening?
Why had the spell broken?
Don't have time to do a glossary right now, but, in case anyone's wondering, an ofuda is a paper charm with a prayer written on in and it's used to expel/seal demons and such.
THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL THE REVIEWERS OF THIS STORY! Again, I'm really sorry, and, as much as it pains me, I don't have enough time to thank you all individually and still get this story up today! You've all been great though! Gomen, and thanks so much for all your wonderful comments!
CMoC - More than a revolution - Eleventyseven (Clearly I haven't been listening to this the entire time, but I don't have time to do all the songs I was listening to, so...)